Re: BUG #16419: wrong parsing BC year in to_date() function - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From David G. Johnston
Subject Re: BUG #16419: wrong parsing BC year in to_date() function
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Msg-id CAKFQuwZEtZfc7npBFEhDNpiv_ShvaVW-GQ7RhzZOD9c+viNTeA@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: BUG #16419: wrong parsing BC year in to_date() function  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
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On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 5:24 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
The
fact that we've suddenly discovered that this is not what Oracle does
doesn't mean that no users have discovered that it is what PostgreSQL
does.

Presently I cannot seem to make up my mind so I'm going to go with my original opinion which was to only change the behavior in v14.  In part because it seems appropriate given our generally laissez-faire attitude toward this particular feature.

David J.

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